PARENTING

Five Ways to Think Realistically About Sports and Scholarships

This is the second in a 5 Tips Series, looking at the positive role Lead Dads can play when it comes to kids and sports. Last week’s tip…

How To Manage The Cost of Sports – Beyond Just the Money. This is the first 5 Tips Series, looking at the positive role Lead Dads can play…

Saying Good-Bye to Leonardo DiCaprio and Turbo. Kids and pets go together and until recently we had dogs, cats, even fish. I got my first…

A Father’s Day Reminder – Kids Remember. What are your kids going to remember about you from this Father’s Day? Or from other…

Ahead of Father’s Day, we spoke with Rob Kenney, who created the “Dad, How Do I?” YouTube channel during the pandemic to provide…

They force parents to make choices, reduce work and inevitably upset kids. A lot of firsts are great – first…

This is No April Fool’s Joke. We sat on the couch as a family and watched “King Richard”. Each year, we pick…

Empty House, Full Memories. I reconnected with an old friend Pela who was headed to his son’s college graduation. He was elated that…

Gerald Olson is a Lead Dad living and working in Los Angeles, California. He adopted his son Astor through California’s “Safely…

All Dads Need To Forget Politics and Come Together For Our Children. This memory is still vivid 10 years later: in Dec 2012 I pulled to…

And Why Free Time On Tuesday is Better Than No Free Time At All. Last week I finally told a group of buddies that I would not be…

Award-winning chef Tony Maws is a Boston man about town. His restaurant Craigie on Main was a shining a light in the city’s culinary scene…